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If You're Not a Billionaire in San Francisco, You're Poor
3+ hour, 15+ min ago (862+ words) Say you joined Anthropic in 2024. The company offers you a competitive compensation package: a $400,000 salary and $1.3 million in equity. You're feeling pretty cush. Flash forward to July 2026. In the two years that you've worked there, the company's valuation has grown…...
I make over $300,000 a year in San Francisco and still don't own a car, couch, or TV
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (998+ words) This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Raymond Zeng, 24, a Meta software engineer living in the San Francisco Bay area. It has been edited for length and clarity. I've been told by many of my friends that my…...
AI money is pushing San Francisco housing prices way up — even before the OpenAI and Anthropic IPOs
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (466+ words) News item: Last fall, more than 600 OpenAI employees went from being paper millionaires to the real thing by selling $6.6 billion worth of the company's stock. Also a news item: The San Francisco real estate market — especially for high-end stuff millionaires…...
BI Live debuts flagship event featuring Bryan Johnson and other leaders in San Francisco
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (292+ words) Business Insider is bringing its journalism off the page and into the room with our first flagship BI Live event on Tuesday, April 14th in San Francisco at 5pm PT. We have an incredible lineup of leaders who will be discussing the…...